Harry Burns
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Harry Burns is the witty, neurotic male lead in the romantic comedy film "When Harry Met Sally...".
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Burns canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T657109 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Burns Context triple: [Billy Crystal, characterPortrayed, Harry Burns]
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A.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
William Gibbons
William Gibbons was an early 17th-century English navigator and explorer associated with Arctic and Northwest Passage voyages.
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C.
Roswell Miller Jr.
Roswell Miller Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of philanthropist Margaret Carnegie Miller, daughter of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
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D.
Hartland Snyder
Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
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E.
Harry Fielding Reid
Harry Fielding Reid was an American geophysicist best known for formulating the elastic rebound theory that explains the mechanics of earthquakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Burns Target entity description: Harry Burns is the witty, neurotic male lead in the romantic comedy film "When Harry Met Sally...".
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A.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
William Gibbons
William Gibbons was an early 17th-century English navigator and explorer associated with Arctic and Northwest Passage voyages.
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C.
Roswell Miller Jr.
Roswell Miller Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of philanthropist Margaret Carnegie Miller, daughter of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
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D.
Hartland Snyder
Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
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E.
Harry Fielding Reid
Harry Fielding Reid was an American geophysicist best known for formulating the elastic rebound theory that explains the mechanics of earthquakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | When Harry Met Sally... ⓘ |
| appearsInSceneType | New Year’s Eve party ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Nora Ephron ⓘ |
| directedBy | Rob Reiner ⓘ |
| distributorOfWork | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| filmStudioOfWork | Castle Rock Entertainment ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | When Harry Met Sally... ⓘ |
| friendOf | Sally Albright ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasDialogueStyle | fast-paced banter ⓘ |
| hasMemorableLine |
"No man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive"
ⓘ
"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody..." ⓘ |
| hasMemorableScene | diner conversation about relationships ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
cynical about romance
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ sarcastic ⓘ |
| hasRomanticInterest | Sally Albright ⓘ |
| hasThemeConnection |
friendship and love
ⓘ
modern relationships ⓘ |
| knownFor |
debating whether men and women can be friends
ⓘ
philosophical monologues about love and death ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatusAtBeginning | in a relationship ⓘ |
| maritalStatusLater | divorced ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| meetsCharacterDuring | car trip from Chicago to New York City ⓘ |
| meetsCharacterIn | Sally Albright ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
co-protagonist
ⓘ
male lead ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
neurotic
ⓘ
pessimistic about relationships ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| occupation | political consultant ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
When Harry Met Sally... (single film, no sequels)
ⓘ
linked to:
When Harry Met Sally...
|
| partOfOnScreenCoupleWith | Sally Albright ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Billy Crystal ⓘ |
| relationshipDevelopment | friends-to-lovers arc with Sally Albright ⓘ |
| residesInFictional | New York City ⓘ |
| screenwriterOfWork | Nora Ephron ⓘ |
| setInWorkLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1989 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harry Burns Description of subject: Harry Burns is the witty, neurotic male lead in the romantic comedy film "When Harry Met Sally...".
Referenced by (8)
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